Can I read Making Sense of the Census : Observations of the 2001 Enumeration in Remote Aboriginal Australia on EtoBox?

Making Sense of the Census : Observations of the 2001 Enumeration in Remote Aboriginal Australia by D.F. Martin, F. Morphy, W.G Sanders, J. Taylor is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Making Sense of the Census : Observations of the 2001 Enumeration in Remote Aboriginal Australia about?

Special enumeration procedures for Indigenous Australians were introduced in the 1971 Census, and have been a feature of the Australian national census ever since. In 2001, as in previous years, the Indigenous Enumeration Strategy (IES) involved the use of locally recruited, mostly Indigenous, interviewers and the administration of modified forms. This monograph presents the results of the first detailed comparative appraisal of the IES. Three CAEPR researchers observed the 2001 Census enumeration, each in a different remote-area context: Martin at Aurukun, a major Aboriginal township on Cape York Peninsula, Morphy at a small outstation community in the Northern Territory, and Sanders in the town camps of Alice Springs. The Australian Bureau of Statistics facilitated the research by granting the researchers status as official observers. The introductory chapter by John Taylor gives a brief history of the IES and sets the context for the research. The three case-studies form the central chapters, and are followed by a concluding chapter that summarises the findings and recommendations. While each locality had its unique characteristics, the authors found some common problems across

Who reads Making Sense of the Census : Observations of the 2001 Enumeration in Remote Aboriginal Australia?

Author

D.F. Martin, F. Morphy, W.G Sanders, J. Taylor

Publisher

ANU E Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780975122945

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Political Science, Sociology